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CORRELATION AND SPECTRA

The spectrum of a signal is a positive function of frequency that says how much of each tone is present. The Fourier transform of a spectrum yields an interesting function called an ``autocorrelation,'' which measures the similarity of a signal to itself shifted.



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2013-01-06